Hame and cockeye



' (No *Mo del.) l J. B.'PALMIT'ER.

HAME AND GOGKEYE.

No. 514,727. Y Patented-Feb. 13, 1894.

UNITED STATES JAMES B. PALMITER, on EAST JORDAN, MICHIGAN.

HAME AND COCKEYE.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,727, dated February 13,1894.

Application filed May 31, 1893. Serial No- 476,106. (No model.)

To all whom it. may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES B. PALMITER, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Jordan, in the county of Oharlevoix and State of Mlchigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hames and Oockeyes and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inventlon, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. v Y

My invention relates to improvements in hames and cockeyes for harness, and the obyects in view are, first, to provide for changes in the line of draft of the hame-tug on the hame; secondly, to obviate the accidental disconnection of the cockeye from the hameplate and at the same time to permit of the easy manual attachment and removal of the cockeye to or from said hame-plate; thirdly,

to secure the hame:plate in avery simple and strong manner to the hame so as to resist the strain of the hame-tug or trace.

With these and such other ends in view as pertain to my invention, it' consists of the novel combination of devices and peculiar construction and arrangement of partsas will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure l is a side elevation of part of a hame with my hame-plate fastened thereto,

and showing the cock-eye in position in one of the sockets therein. Fig. 2 is a horizontal cross sectional View through the hame and plate, on the dotted line 00-90 of Fig. 1, showing the manner of. fastening the hame-plate to the hame. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view on an enlarged scale, of the hame plate, and Fig. 4. is alike view of the cockeye.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference denotecorrespondin g parts inall the figures, A is the hame which is of the usual or any preferred construction.

indicatedin Fig. 2, the hame has a flat rear side and a curved front side, and in one of the corners or angles of the hame I provide a longitudinal recess or groove a designed to receive the inwardly projecting flange b of the hame plate B. This hame plate has one side B curved in cross section to conform to the curved front side of the hame, against which said plate is snugly fitted; and the plate and hame are fastened together by the through bolts or rivets b,'b, and the flange b seated in the recess or groove a, whereby the hame plate is securely fastened to the hame in a manner to resist the strain of the hame trace ortug and present a substantial and durable structure. The other side B of the hame plate stands at an angleto the curved side B, as shown by Fig. 2, and the side B stands or projects outward from the hame when the plate B is properly appliedthereto In this projecting side B of the hame plate is pierced a series of sockets O, C, 0 preferably three in number, although this particular number of sockets is not material as I can employ as many sockets as may be deemed necessary. Each socket extendstransversely through the hame plate, from side to side thereof, and a slot 0 is formed in the side 13 between its edge and each socket, the inner end of each slot opening into one of the sockets and the outer end of the slot extending through the free edge of the plate as clearly shown by Fig. 3. The edges of the socket are made concave to accommodate the head of the cockeye, presently referred to, and the edges of the'slo t may be. similarly concaved or they may be made flat although I prefer to curve them to snugly receive the shank of the cockeye.

D is the cockeye having the bifurcated plate (1, the globular head 6, and the reduced neck or shank f. This head is made globular or ball shaped, as at e, of such size as to easily fit in either of the circular socketsO in the hame plate and to play or move freely therein for a limited distance, and the reduced neck or shank f is made with the flattened sides f next to the plate 01 so that the shank or neck is of unequal cross sectional area and form to enable the shank to be easily fitted and turned in the slot 0 of the hame plate. To connect the cockeye to the hame plate, it is necessary to turn the cockeye at right angles to the plate, or in a horizontal position, to adapt the flattened sides f of the too shank or neck to pass into the slot while the globular head e readily enters the socket O,

and the cockeye is now turned one fourth the way around, to a vertical. position corresponding to the hame plate, and finally the cockeye is pulled outward to force the shank or neck e into proper place in the slot 0, whereby the cockeye is securely held in the socket and slot of the hame plate. To detach the cockeye, it is necessary to first force the same inward to bring the flattened sides f of the shank into the slot, and then the cockeye can be turned at right angles to the hame plate and readily removed. As the trace or tug bears against the collar when the cockeye is properly connected to the hame plate in position for use, it is obvious that the cockeye cannot of itself turn to the position at right angles to the line of the hame plate, and thus the cockeye cannot become accidentally detached; but at the same time the necessary adjustment of the cockeye can be efiected by hand to easily detach or attach the cockeye from and to the hame plate.

The tug or trace can be attached to the cockeye in any convenient or preferred way, and as one means for fastening the tug to the cockeye I have shown the latter bifurcated to provide the prongs which receive and hold the transverse bolt h, which may be surrounded by an anti-friction sleeve, around which the end of the trace is doubled and fastened.

The operation and "advantages of my improved hame plate and cockeye will be readily understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art from the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings.

1 am aware that changes in the form and proportion of parts and details of construction of the devices herein shown and described as an embodiment of my invention, can be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the scope of the same. As for instance, my improvements can be used in connection with a cast metal hame, such as is used for light driving harness, in which case the projecting side 13 would be cast in a single piece with the hame proper, thus making the side 13 a partof the hame. This plate is provided at its top and bottom with the integral perforated lugs 3,3, which receive the rings J, K, for the pole strap and the crotch strap, respectively.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The hame plate provided with a series of sockets each having an independent slot opening through one edge of the plate, combined with a cockeye provided with an enlarged head and a reduced neck which are adapted to fit, respectively, in either of the sockets and the slots thereof, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The hame plate havinga series of transverse circular sockets O pierced in one side thereof and a corresponding series of narrow slots 0 which open into the sockets and through one edge of the plate, combined with a cockeye adapted to either socket and its slot and provided with a rounded head 6 and the reduced neck or shank, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The hame plate provided with a socket O and the slot that opens into said socket and through an edge of said plate, combined with the cockeye having the rounded head and the reduced neck with its flattened sides adj went to the body, whereby the cockeye can be adjusted and turned in the slot and socket of the hame plate, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a hame having a recess or groove, of the hame plate with one side flanged to fit snugly against the hameln the groove or recess thereof and having its angular projecting side formed with the connected socket and slot, the rivets or bolts which unite the hame and plate, and the cockeye with its rounded head and reduced neck fitted in said socket and slot of the hame plate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES B. PALMITER.

Witn esses:

FLETCHER EMPEY, W E. PALMITER. 

